A bill for an act establishing a scenic byways enhancement fund, including by providing for voluntary contributions to the fund, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2353 , HF 971 , HF 581 , HF 130 .)

House

File

2741

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HOUSE

FILE

2741

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

2353)

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

971)

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

581)

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

130)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

House

March

31,

2026

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

establishing

a

scenic

byways

enhancement

fund,

including

1

by

providing

for

voluntary

contributions

to

the

fund,

making

2

appropriations,

and

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

307.50

Scenic

byways

enhancement

1

fund.

2

1.

A

scenic

byways

enhancement

fund

is

created

in

the

3

state

treasury

under

the

control

of

the

department.

The

fund

4

shall

consist

of

moneys

transferred

to

the

fund

pursuant

5

to

section

321.44B

and

any

other

moneys

appropriated

to

or

6

deposited

in

the

fund.

Moneys

in

the

fund

are

appropriated

to

7

the

department

for

the

support,

development,

maintenance,

and

8

enhancement,

including

but

not

limited

to

litter

prevention,

of

9

the

scenic

byways

of

this

state.

10

2.

Notwithstanding

section

8.33,

moneys

in

the

fund

11

that

remain

unencumbered

or

unobligated

at

the

close

of

a

12

fiscal

year

shall

not

revert

but

shall

remain

available

for

13

expenditure

for

the

purposes

designated.

Notwithstanding

14

section

12C.7,

subsection

2,

interest

or

earnings

on

moneys

in

15

the

fund

shall

be

credited

to

the

fund.

16

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

321.44B

Voluntary

contribution

——

17

scenic

byways

enhancement

fund

——

amount

retained

by

county

18

treasurer.

19

For

each

application

for

vehicle

registration

renewal,

20

the

county

treasurer

or

the

department

shall

request

through

21

use

of

a

written

form,

and,

if

the

application

is

made

in

22

person,

through

verbal

communication,

that

an

applicant

make

a

23

voluntary

contribution

of

one

dollar

or

more,

computed

to

the

24

nearest

whole

dollar,

to

the

scenic

byways

enhancement

fund

25

established

in

section

307.50.

One

hundred

percent

of

the

26

moneys

collected

by

the

county

and

one

hundred

percent

of

the

27

moneys

collected

by

the

department

in

the

form

of

contributions

28

shall

be

remitted

to

the

treasurer

of

state

for

deposit

in

the

29

scenic

byways

enhancement

fund

to

be

used

for

the

purposes

30

specified

for

the

fund.

However,

up

to

five

percent

of

the

31

moneys

collected

by

the

county

may

be

retained

by

the

county

32

treasurer

for

deposit

in

the

general

fund

of

the

county.

33

The

department

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

to

34

administer

this

section.

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Sec.

3.

Section

331.557,

subsection

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

1

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

Issue,

renew,

and

replace

lost

or

damaged

vehicle

3

registration

cards

or

plates

and

issue

and

transfer

4

certificates

of

title

for

vehicles

,

and

collect

voluntary

5

contributions,

as

provided

in

sections

321.17

through

321.20B

,

6

321.22

through

321.26

,

321.28

through

321.32

,

321.34

,

321.35

,

7

and

321.37

through

321.52

.

8

Sec.

4.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act

takes

effect

January

1,

9

2027.

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